Silvia Barocci (Università di Urbino), ‘Stirring the tomato soup with the wooden spoon: portraits of a mom in Tina De Rosa’s Paperfish’

Break

Session 2: Chair Perry Willson (University of Dundee)

Francesco Ricatti (University of the Sunshine Coast), ‘Voices of Italian women in Australia’

Adalgisa Giorgio (University of Bath) ‘Italian parenting and motherhood in New Zealand’

There are a small number of places available for persons wishing to attend the morning workshop and to participate in the debate but without presenting a paper. There is no fee for the workshop but numbers are limited.

To book a place at the morning workshop, please send a short c.v. to Emily Ryder, La Mamma Project Administrator. Her email address is lamammaitaliana@gmail.com.

Small bursaries may be available to fund the travel and subsistence expenses for UK postgraduate students. If you wish to apply for a bursary please contact Emily Ryder.

Lunch

AFTERNOON PUBLIC EVENT

2pm – 5pm

Maw or Mamma? Mothers and Motherhood in the Italian-Scottish community

Speakers will include Mary Contini (of Valvona & Crolla and author of Dear Francesca: An Italian Journey of Recipes Recounted with Love and Dear Olivia: An Italian Journey of Love and Courage), Prof Margaret Rose (Milan State University), Laura Pasetti (Piccolo Teatro, Milan) and members of the Italian Scottish Community.

This project might be of interest; it is called ‘Migrant mothers caring for the future’ and investigates what shapes migrant mothers’ cultural and caring work in enabling their children to occupy a place as future citizens.

There is a call for papers link at the bottom of the webpage for a seminar that they are holding in September this year.

Workshop Four: The Stereotype Abroad: Mammismo in the Italian Diaspora

Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh, 16-17 May 2014

This workshop will explore the influence of mammismo and the experience and representations of maternity in the Italian diaspora. We welcome paper proposals relating to Italian diaspora communities in any part of the world and from all pertinent humanities or social science disciplines (including history, gender studies, Italian studies, art history, sociology, literary studies, psychology, anthropology and film studies). All papers will be short to ensure plenty of time for discussion.

The workshop will be followed by a public event focusing on the experience and representations of motherhood in the Italian-Scottish community.

Also present, as part of the core advisory group: Lesley Caldwell, Kate Mitchell, Penny Morris and Perry Willson

A limited number of additional places are available for those who would like to present a short paper (15 minutes) at this workshop.

Some further places are available for persons wishing to attend the workshop and participate in the debate but without presenting a paper.

There is no fee for the workshop but numbers are limited. Those wishing to present a paper should send an abstract and the title of the paper plus a short c.v. to: Emily Ryder, La Mamma Project Administrator (lamammaitaliana@gmail.com) by 27 March 2014. Those whose papers are not accepted (numbers are limited) may be accepted to attend the workshop without presenting.

If you wish to attend only to participate in the debate, but prefer not to present a paper, please send a short c.v. to Emily Ryder, La Mamma Project Administrator (lamammaitaliana@gmail.com) by 27 March 2014.

A bursary is available to fund the travel and subsistence expenses (up to a maximum of £250) for one postgraduate student. The student must be enrolled in a UK university. If you wish to apply for the bursary please contact Emily Ryder.

The Rome workshop is almost upon us; please see the ‘Rome’ page in the banner above, or the previous post for more information.

I have also uploaded a list of the questions and points that have arisen during the two workshops in Dundee and Glasgow that have already taken place. You can find it in the banner at the top of this page.